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[herveus]

Kyped from most penumbren .
Empire Magazine has revealed its list of the "50 Greatest TV Shows" ever. Below is the list and here be the rules.


1. Bold the shows you've watched every episode of
2. Italicize the shows you've seen at least one episode of
3. Post your answers


50. Quantum Leap
49. Prison Break
48. Veronica Mars
47. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
46. Sex & The City

45. Farscape
44. Cracker
43. Star Trek
42. Only Fools and Horses
41. Band of Brothers

40. Life on Mars
39. Monty Python's Flying Circus
38. Curb Your Enthusiasm
37. Star Trek: The Next Generation
36. Father Ted

35. Alias
34. Frasier
33. CSI: Las Vegas
32. Babylon 5
31. Deadwood

30. Dexter
29. ER
28. Fawlty Towers
27. Six Feet Under
26. Red Dwarf

25. Futurama
24. Twin Peaks
23. The Office UK
22. The Shield
21. Angel

20. Blackadder
19. Scrubs
18. Arrested Development
17. South Park
16. Doctor Who

15. Heroes
14. Firefly
13. Battlestar Galactica
12. Family Guy
11. Seinfeld

10. Spaced
09. The X-Files
08. The Wire
07. Friends
06. 24

05. Lost
04. The West Wing
03. The Sopranos
02. Buffy the Vampire Slayer
01. The Simpsons

Comments

[aramintamd.livejournal.com]

I'm not answering. If they can list South Park and not MASH, there's no reason for me to do it.

(Saw every episode at least ten times, own the complete set.)

Sheesh.

[snolan.livejournal.com]

What, no MASH? What they heck is Empire thinking....

I have not even heard of some of these allegedly best TV shows (Prison Break, Spaced, Arrested Development, Scrubs, etc) - and several others on their list are dreadfully painful to watch.

They do score points for including Buffy, B5, BSG, and Firefly though.
On my list Firefly, Buffy, Coupling, and MASH top the list.

[luscious-purple.livejournal.com]

What, no "Northern Exposure"??? *pouts*

[cryptocosm.livejournal.com]

Empire Magazine has its head up its 19-year-old arse. Aside from Star Trek shows and a handful of Brit comedies, they did not deign to anoint anything older than they are. (No, I didn't overlook Doctor Who - the listing is for the current incarnation, with barely a passing mention that there were earlier ones.)

Purportedly this was done by popular vote. If so, the readership is apparently dominated by ignorant children.